Ben Fuggle

Historian and Library assistant. Specialist in Central America, borderlands and the Caribbean. Does possess other hobbies, honest.

[Ben Fuggle @BenDrfuggle]

@RyanClarke13 @Uni_of_Essex Congratulations! excellent picture choice

[Ben Fuggle @BenDrfuggle]

@JohnNelsonTMF @Tri_Gonzo Hello! Feel free to send me a DM.

[Ben Fuggle @BenDrfuggle]

@LewisChSmith @Mike_Sewell @essexhistory Massive congratulations guys! Well deserved and I'm sure there are great things ahead!

[Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra @JorgeCaizaresE2]

Overpaying for Netflix and Apple TV? Tired of History Channel bs documentaries on WWII? Looking for educational versions of Ted Lasso? Turn to our @utaustinihs YouTube channel, gratis. We have begun to post some of our weekly events. Subscribe and share
https://t.co/7FKlSSabSY

[Ben Markham @drben_historian]

Canada and Denmark have reached agreement on the status of #HansIsland 🇨🇦🇬🇱🇩🇰. The borders of this region have come under scrutiny in the past. Here's one such story from @histassoc magazine

The Northern Limit: Britain, Canada and Greenland, 1917-20 https://t.co/D6kXgBursm

[Ben Fuggle @BenDrfuggle]

@LewisCharSmith @gsoh31 @drajpriest @mgrnt @alix_green @essexhistory @CHASE_DTP Congratulations! Make sure you celebrate hard!

[Ben Fuggle @BenDrfuggle]

I have never once seen the man referred to as 'Tom' Paine until today. I actually had to stop reading for a solid 5 minutes.

[Hannah Cusworth- is away for a bit @hannahcusworth]

Looking forward to speaking at this and sharing my most recent research/thinking. Come along if you’re free 🙏🏾

[Caroline Dodds Pennock @carolinepennock]

‘Historians should repeatedly point out that the “rewriting of history” is not some act of professional misconduct but literally the job of professional historians.’ YES THANK YOU. Absolutely outstanding stuff from ⁦@DavidOlusoga⁩. https://t.co/r4g4R5zYWw

[Gerhard de Kok @gerharddekok]

This might surprise you: in 1750, in the time of the Transatlantic slave trade, a Norwegian captain of a Dutch slave ship was put on trial in Amsterdam for … human trafficking. He was accused of seizing Africans and selling them into slavery in Suriname. (1/18)

[Ben Markham @drben_historian]

My review of this excellent volume on 🇯🇲, edited by @diana_paton and @SenMattye, will be published in the forthcoming issue of @HisJournalHA. The book is intriguing, insightful, and a fantastic resource

[Juan José Ponce Vázquez @jjponcevazquez]

Cover of @eljueves this week. This is actually quite funny. Also, who's who?

[Ben Fuggle @BenDrfuggle]

@jamesjhistory more like dogshite?

[Zara Kesterton @ZaraKesterton]

Modern historians @UkNatArchives : calmly turning pages of printed type in silence.
Me at the National Archives: noisily wrestling with four foam supports, two sand-filled weights, three weighted ropes and a glass paperweight, trying to unfurl 400 years’ worth of paper rolls 🤦🏼‍♀️

[Alonso Gurmendi @Alonso_GD]

BBC calling Chile a “thin strip of land in South America”

[David Wilson @davidwilsonhist]

Programme for the Problem of Piracy II Conference, 4-6 August! Limited spots available so to attend the conference as a non-speaker, you must register via EventBrite: https://t.co/Cqky8Sj4Lc